Brassiere



July 24, 1956 .1. J. Lo cAsclo BRASSIERE 2 Sheets-Sheet .l

Filed Dec. 20, 1954 July 24, 1956 J. J. Lo cAsclo BRASSIERE 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed DeC. 20, 1954 INVENTOR Jack J. Locuscio BRASSIEREJack J. Lo Cascio, Bayonne, N. J., assignor to Even-Pnl Foundations,llnc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December20, 1954, Serial No. 476,207

3 Claims. (Cl. 2-42) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements and structural refinements in brassieres, and the principalobject of the invention is to provide substantial uplift, a sure comfortin pose and breathing and properly support and mold the breasts ofthe'wearer.

More specilically, the invention concerns itself with a brassiere havingbreast cups provided with tapered, substantially triangular insidecorner portions disposed in a mutually crossed or overlapped relation,whereby a delinite amount of flexibility or independence of support ofthe respective breasts is achieved and comfort in pose and breathing isattained.

Moreover, the invention contemplates the provision of elastic bandswhich are secured to the lower edges of the respective breast cups toafford a substantial amount of uplift to the breasts, such bands havingmutually overlapped or crossed inner end portions coacting with theoverlapped inside corner portions of the breast cups in attaining theflexibility, independence of support and comfort as above outlined.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity ofconstruction, in its eflicient functional performance and in itsadaptability for embodiment in conventional narrow brassieres as well asthose of the socalled long-line type intended to mold the breasts andthe portion of the abdomen between the breasts and the waist.

With the above more important objects and features in view and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention resides in the arrangement of parts and detailsof construction substantially as shown in the accompanying drawings,wherein like characters of reference are employed to designate likeparts and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention in use;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary front elevational View thereof;

Figure 3 is an inside elevational View of the subject shown in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional detail, taken substantially in the plane of theline 4 4 in Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front elevational View of the inventionembodied in a long line brassiere;

Figure 6 is an inside elevational view of the subject shown in Figure 5;and

Figure 7 is a sectional detail, taken substantially in the plane of theline 7 7 in Figure 5 With reference now to the accompanying drawings indetail, more particularly to Figures l-4 inclusive, a brassiereconstructed in accordance with this invention is designated generally bythe numeral 10 and includes a front section 11 and a pair of sidesections 12 which are separably connected together at the back of thebrassiere in any conventional manner. Moreover, the brassiere may beprovided with the usual shoulder straps 13, if so desired.

The essence of novelty of the invention resides in the construction ofthe front section 11, the same compris- States Patent ing a pair ofbreast cups 14 provided with tapered, substantially triangular insidecorner portions 14a'which are disposed in a mutually overlapped orcrossed relation, the inner edge of the overlapped inside corner portionof one breast cup being secured to the other breast cup by a line ofstitching, as exemplified at 15. The inner edge of the overlapped insidecorner portion of the second breast cup is preferably left free, so asto attain a certain amount of flexibility and independent support ofbreasts in the two cups.

If desired, strips of lace or netted material 16 may be provided at thetop, inside and outside edges of the breast cups, as shown.

A pair of elastic bands 17 underlie the respective breast cups 14, theupper edge of each band being secured to the lower edge of theassociated cup by a line of stitching it. As will be observed, the bands17 have inner end portions 17a coextensive with the inside cornerportions 14a of the cups, which portions 17a are disposed in a crossingrelation to coact with the cup portions'lia in attaining the exibilityand independence 'of support above mentioned. The bands 17, yieldablein'directions substantially parallel to the lower edges of the breastcups, extend at an obtuse angle to each other and the inner end edge17!) of the band of each cup is secured by the stitching 1E to the upperedge of the band of the other cup, while the lower edges of the twobands are free of each other.

As will be understood, the elastic bands 17, underlying the cups 14,provide an effective uplift for the breasts and their crossing inner endportions coact with the overlapped inside corner portions of the breastcups in lending flexibility and articulation to t'ne opposite sides ofthe front section of the garment.

With reference now to the accompanying Figures 5-7 which show theinvention embodied in a long line type of a brassiere designatedgenerally by the numeral 20, the front section is shown at 21 while theside sections are illustrated at 22. The structure of the upper regionof the front section 21 is substantially the same as already describedand corresponding reference numerals are used to designate the partsthereof.

However, in this embodiment of the invention the front section Z1 alsoincludes a frontal panel 23 which extends downwardly frorn the loweredges of the breast cups 14 so as to mold the region of the abdomenbetween the breasts and the waist. rlhe side sections 22 are increasedin width to accommodate the additional width of the garment involved bythe presence of the panel 23, the latter being secured to the breastcups by the lines ot' stitching 1S while the upper edge portion of thepanel is overlapped by the bands 17. It is preferred that at the linesof connection of the panel 23 to the breast cups the material be shirredas indicated at Z4, so that the panel may properly coact with the breastcups in assuring effrcient uplift, comfort and ease of breathing, andfacilitating stretching of the elastic bands 17.

The frontal panel 23 is preferably composed of a central portion 23a ofnon-elastic material and a pair of lateral portions 2311 of elasticmaterial, the latter being yieldaole circumferentially of Athe garment.

While in the foregoing there have been described and shown the preferredembodiments of the invention, various modifications may become apparentto those skilled in the art to which the invention relates. Accordingly,it is not desired to limit the invention to this disclosure and variousmodifications may be resorted to, such as may lie within the spirit andscope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is:

l. In a brassiere, a front section comprising a pair of breast cupsprovided with upwardly convergent lower edges and having mutuallyoverlapped inside corner portions secured together, and a pair ofupwardly convergent elastic bands secured to the lower edges of therespective breast cups, inner end portions of said bands coextensivewith the overlapped inside corner portions of the breast cups beingdisposed in a crossing relation but free of each other at least at thelower edges thereof.

2. In a brassiere, a front section comprising a pair of breast cupsprovided with upwardly convergent lower edges and having substantiallytriangular inside corner portions disposed in a mutually overlappedrelation, a line of stitching securing the inside edge of the overlappedinside corner portion of at least one of said breast cups to the othercup, a pair of upwardly convergent elastic bands underlying therespective breast cups, upper edges of said bands being coextensive withthe lower edges of the cups, inner end portions of said bands coextensive with the overlapped inside corner portions of the breast cupsbeing disposed in a crossing relation, and lines of stitching securingthe upper edges of said bands to the lower edges of the respectivebreast cups, said last mentioned lines of stitching securing the innerend edge of the band of each cup to the upper edge of the band of theother cup, the lower edges of said bands being free of each other.

3. In a brassiere, a front section comprising a pair of breast cupsprovided with upwardly convergent lower edges and having substantiallytriangular inside corner portions disposed in a mutually overlappedrelation, the overlapped inside corner portions of said cups havinginverted V-shaped lower edges, and a pair of upwardly convergent elasticbands co-extensive with'the lower edges of the respective cups, innerend portions of said bands being contiguous with and secured at theirupper and end edges to the inverted V-shaped lower edge portions of therespective cups, said inner end portions of the bands being disposed ina crossing relation and the lower edges thereof being free of eachother.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,637,840 Volk Aug. 2, 1927 2,023,612 Park et al. Dec` 10, 19352,621,329 Kaufman Dec. 16, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 936,565 France Feb. 23,1948 174,591 Austria Apr. 10, 1953

